Adjustable pants and coat hanger



Sept. 26, 1961 J. GLOTZER ADJUSTABLE PANTS AND COAT HANGER 2 Sheets$heet1 Filed May 29, 1959 INVENTOR. i J ACK OLOT Z E R 60 BY E E ATTUKZ EYSept. 26, 1961 J. GLOTZER 3,001,676

ADJUSTABLE PANTS AND COAT HANGER Filed May 29, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR. JAG K GLOT Z ER Byg grog wry United States Patent OfificePatented Sept. 26, 1961 3,001,676 ADJUSTABLE PANTS AND COAT HANGER JackGlotzer, 306 W. 24th St., New York, NZY. Filed May 29, 1959, Ser. No.816,840 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-90) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in clothes hangers, and this application is acontinuation-in-part of my copending application Serial Number 729,837,filed April 21, 1958.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide an improvedclothes hanger which can be used to hold garments for both men and womentautly, in proper crease-retaining position, regardless of whether thehanger is hung in a closet, suitcase or any other place.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes hanger of thiskind which is adjustable lengthwise to accommodate the hanger todifferent sized containers and to accommodate different sized garments.

A further object is to provide a clothes hanger of this kind withimproved means for easily and conveniently placing and removing thegarments thereon and therefrom and with means for securely and orderlyholding the garments thereon.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim inwhich the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a garment hanger embodying the inventionshown in a clothes container, the container being shown in dot-dashlines.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of theline 22 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of theline 33 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of theline 44 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the garment hanger of FIG. 1suspended from a supporting rail.

FIG. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane of the line 66of FIG. '1, on an enlarged scale.

FIG. 7 is a perspective View of a coat hanger supporting clip used withthe garment hanger.

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the garment hanger with a trouserssupported thereon.

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the garment hanger with a trousers andjacket supported thereon.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a garment hanger embodying theinvention is illustrated in FIG. 1 and is designated generally by thereference numeral 10. The garment hanger comprises a rectangular-shapedfoursided sectional frame 12 formed of two U-shaped sections 14 and 16slidable upon one another. The frame is formed of heavy stock round wirebut may be made of plastic or any other suitable hanger material.

Each of the sections 14 and 16 consists of a crosspiece or bight portion18, and section 14 has side leg portions 20 and 22, leg portion 20 beinglonger than leg portion 22. Side section 16 has side leg portions 24 and26, leg portion 24 being longer than leg portion 26. The sections aretelescopically and slidably arranged, with the leg portions of section14 overlapping and slidable along the leg portions of section 16, thelong leg portions sliding over the short leg portions.

A metal clamping sleeve 28 is secured by welding or otherwise to thelower free end of each leg portion of section 14 for freely receivingthe leg portions of the section 16. Similarly the free ends of the legportions of section 16 are also provided with clamping sleeves 30 whichare welded thereto and freely receive the leg portions of section 14.Similar clamping sleeves 31 are welded to the leg portions of section 16spaced inwardly from sleeves 30.

This arrangement of leg portions and sleeves permits the frame sections14 and 16 to slide freely along each other in order to adjust theoverall length of the frame to accommodate different sized garments andto accommodate the hanger to difierent sized containers. The framesections 14 and 16 are held in moved adjusted positions for length bymeans of latching members 32 pivotally and slidably mounted in the legportions of the inner frame section 16. Each member comprises a shortnarrow metal plate bent at one end 34 and formed with an elongated slot36 at the juncture of the body of the plate and its bent end 34, theslot being sufliciently long The latching plates 32 are loosely mountedon the legportions of the section 16 with their bent end portions 34disposed in the recmses 42 of the bulged out portions 40 of section 16.Each recess is dimensioned so as to receive the bent end portion 34 ofthe latching plate 32 freely when the plate is in normal downwardlyinclined position. When the plates are in this normal inclined position,the bent end portions 34thereof are disposed parallel to the legportions of the sections. However, when the latching plates are manuallytilted on the leg portions of the section 16, the bent end portions 34thereof are swung in an arc to a position perpendicular to the legportions in sliding engagement with the inner surface of the bulged outportions 40 of the leg portions of section 16 thereby pressing the legportions of the section 16 away from the leg portions of the section 14and forcing the sleeves 28, 30 and 31 on the leg portions of sections 14and 16, respectively, into clamping engagement with the leg portions ofthe sections, thereby pressing the frame sections together and holdingthe sections in moved adjusted position as shown in FIG. 5.

Intermediate the ends of the long leg portion 24 of section 16, thematerial of the leg portion is bent or bulged out into a U-shapedbearing portion 46, spaced inwardly of the bulged out portion 40thereof, the material bulging inwardly of the frame so as not interferewith the sliding movement of the adjacent leg portions 22 and 24. Thisbearing portion 46 serves as a support or hearing for detachablysupporting a separate coat hanger device 50. The coat hanger device 50comprises an elongated endless looped wire body 52, bent intermediateits ends along one reach of the wire to form a U-shaped bearing member54, the opening in the U-shaped member opening inwardly of the loopedbody. A hooked wire clip 56 is hingedly connected to the bight portionof the U-shaped bearing member 54 by means of a ring 58 sleeved aroundthe bight portion of the bearing member and around one end of the clip.A wire hook 60 is pivotally supported on the bight portion of thebearing member 54 by means of a loop 62 on the end of the hook sleevedloosely around the bight portion. The coat hanger device 50 is adaptedto be hingedly supported on the frame 12 by hooking clip 56 over thebight portion of the bearing member 46 as seen in FIG. 1.

A plurality of clip-type clothespins 64, six being shown,

against further movement.

is accomplished by attaching the waistband portion 68 of the trousers tothe bight portion 18 of the section 16 by means of a pair of the clothesspins 64, looping thelegs 70 of the trousers around and over the bightportion 18 of section 14 and attaching the cuffs 72 to the bight portion18 of the section 16 by a pair of clothespins. When the trousers arethus fixed on the frame, the frame sections 14 and 16 are moved awayfrom each other until the trousers are under the desired tension atwhich time the clamping plates 32 are swung to lock the sections Whenthe clothes hanger is thus used, the coat hanger 50 is connected to thebight portion 46 of the leg portion 24 of section 16 by means of theclip 56, and thus positioned out of the Way of the trousers.

In FIG. 9, the trousers 66 are shown supported in stretched conditionthe same as in FIG. 8, but a coat or jacket 74 is shown supported on thecoat hanger 50, the coat or jacket being disposed perpendicularly to thetrousers, a portion of the coat or jacket being shown protrudingoutwardly of the frame 12. It will be understood, of course, that theprotruding portion of the coat or jacket is to be folded around theadjacent overlapped leg-portions of the frames sections 14 and 16 andlapped'over the top surface of the trousers as Viewed in FIG. 9 so thatthe coat or jacket will be confined within the limits of the frame 12.The hanger 10 with trousers, as shown in FIG. 8, and the hanger withtrousers and coat or jacket, as shown in FIG; 9, may readily beplacedwithin the confines of a container, such as the container shown inFIG. 1.

In FIG. 5, the clothes hanger 10 is shown suspended from a horizontallydisposed rail in a closest or the like,

such as the rail 76 shown in FIG. 5. When so used, the I frame issuspendedtfrom the coat hanger 50 by hooking the clip 56 around thebight portion 18 of the section 14 as shown in FIG. 5. When the frame isso suspended the hook 60 of the coat hanger is looped around thesupporting rail 76. A trousers 66 and/or coat or jacket 74 shown inFIGS. 8 and 9 may readily be supported in-a smooth, wrinkle-proofcondition on the frame 12 and coat hanger 50 as will be understood.

It will be understood that ladies dresses, blouses, skirts and the likemay also readily be folded around the frame of the clothes hanger andsecured in position by the clothespins 64.

The clothes hanger with its load can be laid flat in a drawer,compartment or luggage container without In FIG. 8, -a trousers '66 isshown a in stretched supported condition on the frame 12. This danger ofcreasing the garments. If packed in a vertical position, the sameadvantages exist as the garments are practically hung or stretchedbetween the sections of the frame. It is understood that the bulk of thegarments is confined within the greater dimensions of the frame of theclothes hanger so as to protect the garments from I being too closelypacked by other articles.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may be made within the scope of the invention as definedin the appended claim; I v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent'is: v

A garment hanger assembly, comprising a rectangular flat sectional frameincluding opposed generally rectangular U-shaped telescoping sections,each section having a crosspiece and inwardly extending parallel legportions, a first closely spaced pair of releasable spring clips on thecrosspiece of one section for engaging the leg end of a pair oftrousers, a second more widely spaced pair of releasable spring clips onthe crosspiece of the one section for engaging the waist end of the pairof trousers while the trousers legs are folded and tensioned around thecrosspiece of the other section, extensible and retractable meansconnecting the juxtaposed leg portions of the frame sections, said meansincluding sleeves on the ends of the respective leg portions, thesleeves on the leg portions of the one section slidably receiving theleg portions of the other section and vice versa, one leg portion havinga loop formed therein extending inwardly of the frame and coplanartherewith; an endless wirebodydefining a hanger for a coat, said wirebody having an outwardly extending bent portion, a first hook rotatablysecured on said bent portion of the wire body and engaged rotatablyaround said loop of the one legportion, whereby said frame is supportedby said hook, and a second hook secured rotatably on said bent portionof the wire body and engageable on a rail, whereby boththe trousers andcoat hangers are supportable by the second book.

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